Immigration Act amended | Big Brother movement | Aborigines’ Progressive Association

1900s

Child Emigration Society

Kingsley Fairbridge establishes the Child Emigration Society in England and a farm school in Western Australia for orphaned and underprivileged child migrants.

SA Aborigines Act | NT Aboriginals Ordinance

South Australian Aborigines Act makes the Chief Protector the legal guardian of every Aboriginal and ‘half-caste’ child under 21 with control over the child’s place of residence. The Chief Protector is replaced by the Aborigines Protection Board in 1939 and guardianship power